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Congratulating the National Guard on its 371st Birthday
December 14, 2007
Deployed units celebrate 371st birthday
December 14, 2007
Master Sgt. Clarence Mobley, of the 58th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, cuts the birthday cake during celebrations of the National Guard's 371st birthday at the Al Faw palace at Camp Victory, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007. Mobley, the oldest National Guard servicemember in attendance,has served in both Vietnam as well as the current conflict in Iraq. Celebrations at Camp Victory included representatives from both the oldest National Guard unit as well as the youngest.
Guardmembers respond to Midwest ice storms
December 13, 2007
Missouri Army National Guard Soldiers supported local authorities in December by conducting door-to-door wellness checks in Barton County after the region was hit by a major ice storm.
Former National Guard Bureau chief, Lt. Gen. Emmett Walker, Jr. dies
December 13, 2007
Lt. Gen. Emmett H. Walker, Jr
National Guard learns lessons from a city under fire
December 12, 2007
Yona Yahav, mayor of Haifa, Israel, briefs LTG H Steven Blum, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, about how his city responded to the 2006 Lebanon War. National Guard Bureau officials visited Haifa in early December to learn how the city coped with a 34-day missile bombardment.
National Guard to help Afghan agriculture
December 11, 2007
Members of the Missouri Army National Guard's Agri-Business Development Team visit with a local farmer in eastern Afghanistan to discuss how they will assist the farmers in that region in the future.
Operation Deep Freeze main season underway
December 11, 2007
Air National Guard aircrew members utilize a jet-assisted takeoff to depart Shackleton Glacier, located in the Transantarctic Mountains 500 miles south of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov 26. The aircrew conducted an open field landing to deliver a small National Science Foundation geology field camp team to the area. Assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia, N.Y., the aircrews are flying the Antarctica missions in support of Operation Deep Freeze.
Five Guard brigades alerted for 2009 deployments
December 5, 2007
US Army (USA) 2nd Battalion (BN)/198th Armor (2nd/198th), Quick Response Force (QRF), Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG), Amory, Mississippi (MS), facilitated a live fire weapons training exercise for the Iraqi National Guard (ING) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke. ING personal attending received training on weapons safety, maintenance and proper handling. Then briefed on firing techniques and given the opportunity to sharpen their marksmanship skills by following a sequence of fire with their Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles. The US Army is helping establish Iraq's defensive forces as part of the rebuilding process of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 2nd/198th are deployed to FOB Hotel and are part of the 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Tupelo, MS.
Oregon National Guard rescues hundreds, provides ongoing support
December 5, 2007
The coastal town of Vernonia, Ore., was hard hit by heavy rains Dec. 2 and 3. Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski reviewed the damage from an Oregon Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on Dec. 4.
Governor tours coastal towns damaged by widespread flooding
December 4, 2007